A sudden neurological deficit in a patient with endocarditis

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-132

  Alberti, Andrea ^a   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a   Hamam, Mohammed ^b   Pasquino, Stefano ^b   Floridi, Piero ^b   Ragni, Temistocle ^b   Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149179668     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-009-0227-6     Document Type: Article

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